Friday, November 22, 2019 33rd Week in Ordinary Time St. Cecilia First Reading: 1Mac 4: 36-37, 52-59 Gospel Reading: Luke 19: 45-48 Jesus entered the Temple area and began to drive out the merchants. And he said to them, “God says in the Scriptures: My house shall be a house of prayer: but you have […]
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 33rd Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: 2Mac 7:1-31 Gospel Reading: Luke 19:11-28 Jesus was now near Jerusalem and the people with him thought that God’s reign was about to appear. So as they were listening to him. Jesus went on to tell them a parable. He said, “A man of […]
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 33rd Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: 2 Mac 6:18-31 Gospel Reading: Lk 19:1-10 When Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the city, a man named Zaccheus was there. He was a tax collector and a wealthy man. He wanted to see what Jesus was like, but he was a […]
Monday, November 18, 2019 33rd Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: 1Mac 1:10-15, 41-43; 54-57 Gospel Reading: Lk 18:35-43 When Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road, begging. As he heard the crowd passing by, he inquired what it was, and they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was […]
Sunday, November 17, 2019 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading: Mal 3:19-20 Second Reading: 2 Thes 3:7-12 s Gospel Reading: Lk 21:5-19 While some people were talking about the Temple, remarking that it was adorned with fine stonework and rich gifts, Jesus said to them, “The days will come when there shall not be […]
Saturday, November 16, 2019 32nd Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Wis 18: 14-16; 19:6-9 Gospel Reading: Lk 18:1-8 Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should pray continually and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor people. In the […]
Friday, November 15, 2019 32nd Week in Ordinary Time First Reading: Wis 13: 1-9 Gospel Reading: Lk 17:26-37 Jesus said to his disciples, “As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be on the day the Son of Man comes. Then people ate and drank; they took husbands and wives. “But on […]
November 12, 2019 Tuesday, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time ST. JOSAPHAT 1st Reading: Wis 2:23–3:9 Gospel: Luke 17:7-10 Jesus said to his disciples, “Who among you would say to yourservant coming in from the fields after plowing or tending sheep:‘Come at once and sit down at table’? No, you tell him: ‘Prepare mydinner. Put on […]
Saturday, November 9, 2019 Dedication of the Basilica of St. John the Lateran 1st Reading: Ezk 43:1-2, 4-7 2nd Reading: 1 Cor 3:9-11, 16-17 Gospel: Jn 2:13-22 As the Passover of the Jews was at hand, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the Temple court he found merchants selling oxen, sheep and doves, and money-changers […]
Friday, November 08, 2019 31st Week in Ordinary Time 1st Reading: Rom 15: 14-21 Gospel: Lk 16:1-8 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. He called him and said to him, ‘What is this […]
Wednesday, November 06, 2019 31st Week in Ordinary Time 1st Reading: Rom 13:8-10 Gospel: Lk 14:25-33 One day, when large crowds were walking along with Jesus, he turned and said to them, “If you come to me, without being ready to give up your love for your father and mother, your spouse and children, your […]